Sometimes living with an awful family member can be just as horrific as any 'ol vampire or zombie, as is the case between these lovely siblings featured in the piss-poorly printed January 1953 pre-code issue of Weird Tales of the Future #5.
Sometimes living with an awful family member can be just as horrific as any 'ol vampire or zombie, as is the case between these lovely siblings featured in the piss-poorly printed January 1953 pre-code issue of Weird Tales of the Future #5.
I always sort of wonder how the less famous comics sold in the day. Even with the flood in the market for horror, I bet they sold pretty well.
ReplyDeleteThe art here is fantastic. The story is pretty meh, but the artist is really good with faces. There's a lot of emotions in this one. I love every face he gave Mabel, especially when her plan got exposed. This is one where you really have to do well with the faces for it to work.
Page 3, last panel and the first panel on page 4 are stand out examples.
The last panel of page three is great! Love the look on Mabel's face as she offers Doris some tainted wine.
ReplyDeleteThe chemist/apothecary/potion seller telling Mabel "Without a body there can be no crime", made me think of the episode from Monsters (1989) titled Jar, which had a similar plot but a different ending.
ReplyDeleteI do kind of love that she just heads out to the corner murder store to pick up whatever she'll need to make dinner for sis that night. Why didn't she think of that before? Meanwhile, Doris had to know something was up. It's the only time we see Mabel run one of her own errands.
ReplyDeleteLove the art. I'm especially fond of the swirly, subjective-reality panels at the top of page three and the middle of four. Great brush work.
Even though it shows them both in the same scene, I was immediately reminded of the Richard Matheson story "Therese" (one of the stories used in TRILOGY OF TERROR, with Karen Black as both sisters).
ReplyDeleteAfter all, those scenes of them together could've been in her imagination, and the phone call to Doris's boss could've been misleading too.
Great comments everyone, and as always thanks for stopping by and keeping me inspired to keep this blog a'rollin'... lots more on the way as we hit the halfway mark of October! STAY TOMBED...
ReplyDeleteCould this be Graham Ingels? or is someone swiping his style?
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